TEST OF INVARIANCE OF THE ANOMIE BRIEF SCALE WITH THE ALIGNMENT METHOD IN 12 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES

• DOI: 10.37708/psyct.v16i2.811
• Publication Date: 2023-11-04T10:40:09Z
• Authors: Tomás Caycho-Rodr...; Lindsey W. Vilca; José Ventura-León; Carlos Carbajal-León; Pablo D. Valencia; Mario Reyes-Bossio; Mariel Delgado-Ca...; Daniel E. Yupanqu...; Rubí Paredes-Angeles; Claudio Rojas-Jara; Miguel Gallegos; Mauricio Cervigni; Pablo Martino; Roberto Polanco-C...; Diego Alejandro P...; Rodrigo Moreta-He...; Antonio Samaniego...; Marlon Elías Lobo...; Andrés Buschiazzo...; Diana Ximena Puer...; Ibraín Enrique Co...; Raymundo Calderón; Walter L. Arias G...; Olimpia Petzold; Andrés Camargo; Julio Torales; J. Arkangel Monge...; Pedronel González; Vanessa Smith-Castro; Wendy Yamilet Mat...; Daniela Ferrufino...; Paula Ceballos-Vá...; Agueda Muñoz-del-...; Jorge Palacios; Carmen Burgos-Videla; Ana María Eduvige...; Ibeth Vergara; Diego Vega; Marion K. Shulmeyer
• Keywords: Anomie; Snowball sampling; Sample (material)

The Social Anomie Brief Scale (SAS10) is a self-report measure of social anomie against new standards implemented during the current COVID-19 pandemic. main objective this study was to evaluate invariance cross-cultural measurement SAS10 in sample 12 Latin American countries. Additionally, difficulty and discrimination characteristics items were evaluated using IRT compared between participating A total 4,911 people from countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) selected by non-probabilistic snowball sampling participated. results indicated that original two-factor model shows estimation problems low fit indices several However, two related dimensions (behavioral affective) nine (SAS-9) presented adequate all This presents reliability approximate invariance. Peru country with highest score behavioral dimension anomie; while Venezuela Bolivia scores affective dimension. Mexico one lowest scores. would indicate SAS-9 appropriate. It concluded has shown good psychometric properties when can be used future studies compare cross-culturally.